Loyola Cross Country/Track & Field Hands Out Awards At Banquet - Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site

Dec. 5, 2011

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CHICAGO - After a record-setting calendar year, Loyola's cross country and track & field teams handed out awards at their year-end banquet yesterday at the Norville Center for Intercollegiate Athletics.

The gathering capped a year in which Loyola student-athletes set 10 new school records and posted 80 marks/times that placed among the top 10 in school history in track and field while the men's and women's cross country teams finished second and third, respectively, at the Horizon League Championship and advanced to the NCAA Midwest Regional competition.

In addition to their athletic accomplishments, seven Ramblers were named to the Horizon League Winter All-Academic Team, six earned the nod to the Horizon League Spring All-Academic Team and 21 were members of the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.

Listed below are the major award winners from the cross country/track & field banquet:

2011 Men's & Women's Outstanding Freshman Award 2010-2011
(W) Alyvia Clark
(M) James McLachlan

Leigh Anne Renk Award (Outstanding Female Distance/Mid-Distance Runner)
Gina Valgoi

Tom O'Hara Award (Outstanding Male Distance/Mid-Distance Runner)
Declan Murray & Josh Stein

Reva Bess Award (Outstanding Female Sprinter)
Nicole Noelliste

George Crosby Award (Outstanding Male Sprinter)
Mike Wetzel

Excellence in Field Award
(W) Candice Carajohn & Kelly Egan
(M) James McLachlan

Sean Earl Pheidippides Award
Ben Reifenberg & Rodrigo Souza

2011 Cross Country Rising Star Award
(W) Megan Janezic
(M) Sam Penzenstadler

2011 Cross Country Most Inspirational Award
(W) Liz Butler
(M) Andy Fenske

2011 Cross Country Most Valuable Award
(W) Gina Valgoi
(M) Josh Stein